It was dawn and you were swimming in the sea, only with your underwear, laughing low so as not to wake up the others.

JJ approached floating by his side.

“If the world ended now, I would be at peace,” he said, staring at the starry sky.

“Why?”

“Because I’m here. With you. No pain, no hurry. Just... that.”

You leaned your head on his shoulder, the salt water between you.

And for a few minutes, the whole universe was the two of you.